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RSS Feed for Newsen-usTue, 31 Mar 2015 03:08:29 GMTHouse committee to rule on sex trafficking billhttp://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20150330__House_committee_to_rule_on_sex_trafficking_bill.html
Hawaii legislators are considering a bill that would ban sex trafficking and treat people who are forced into prostitution as victims instead of criminals.Big Island mayor put $892 bar bill on county cardhttp://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20150330__Big_Island_mayor_put_892_bar_bill_on_county_card.html
Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi charged $892 on his county credit card at a Hono­lulu hostess bar in December 2013, he acknowledged last week, violating county policy that prohibits using county cards for personal expenses or for alcohol.Big Isle man, his student killed in hang glider crash near Vegashttp://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20150329_Big_Isle_man_his_student_killed_in_hang_glider_crash_near_Vegas.html
The two people killed after a hang glider crashed to the ground near Las Vegas have been identified. The Clark County coroner's office said 11-year-old Arys Moorhead of Farmington, N.M., and 55-year-old John Harrison of Waimea, Hawaii, died in the Friday crash.Warning level downgraded as Kilauea lava activity coolshttp://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20150326__Warning_level_downgraded_as_Kilauea_lava_activity_cools.html
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists on Wednesday downgraded the alert level for Kilauea volcano from warning to watch for the first time since warning levels were reached in September.Vietnam veteran fulfills wish to see Pearl Harborhttp://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20150326_Vietnam_veteran_fulfills_wish_to_see_Pearl_Harbor.html
When a Vietnam veteran briefly stopped in Hawaii on his way home from war, he vowed to return one day to honor the people who perished during the attack on Pearl Harbor. With just less than two months to live, Joseph Hooker realized his longtime dream on Wednesday.Obituarieshttp://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20150324_Obituaries.html
Inocencia Aggacid Acoba &bull; Warren Nakupuna Ah Loo &bull; Hazel Tokiye Arii &bull; Ruth Napuaonalani Barco &bull; Luz Cui Bartolome &bull; Faustino Dasalla Dar &bull; Akiko Enomoto &bull; Elliot Jarret Freitas &bull; and moreHealth exchange, beach erosion and Chinese tourism on agendahttp://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20150323_Health_exchange_beach_erosion_and_Chinese_tourism_on_agenda.html
Hawaii lawmakers plan to tackle the state's troubled health exchange, public-housing issues and a slew of resolutions this week at the Legislature. Most of the action will be in committee rooms as lawmakers take up bills passed by the other chamber.Green sea turtle still at risk, say wildlife agencieshttp://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20150321_Green_sea_turtle_still_at_risk_say_wildlife_agencies.html
Hawaii's green sea turtle should continue to be classified as threatened because its population is small and nearly all of them nest at the same low-lying atoll, federal wildlife agencies said Friday.Ige's clout in Senate fails to clobber controversyhttp://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20150321_Iges_clout_in_Senate_fails_to_clobber_controversy.html
Gov. David Ige earned the respect of his colleagues during his long, successful career in the Hawaii Senate, which an outsider might assume earned him political capital to sway votes.Patients and police speak out on pot dispensary billhttp://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20150321__Patients_and_police_speak_out_on_pot_dispensary_bill.html
State senators are taking up a proposal to develop a system of medical marijuana dispensaries, which would give patients legal access to the drug nearly 15 years after it became legal in Hawaii.